District Court Powers to Be Extended Law Reform Bill. Sydney
It is stated in legal circles that the enlargement of the powers and functions of the District Court, at the expense of the Supreme Court, is proposed in the…
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Courts & crime, 1931
1,291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 22 of 65
Beard to His Waist Laughed When Sentenced Deniliquin
Herbert Francis Connolly, who appeared in court with a black beard reaching to his waist, laughed loudly when he was sentenced to five years imprisonment by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of Hazel Wilson Girl's Father Charged with Perjury. Melbourne
Oil the information of Detective Lyon, who with Detective McKerral was in charge of the investigations into the murder of Hazel Wilson, a summons has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grazier Fined Took Six Men to Arrest Him Obsession Against the Police. Sydney
Thomas Lilley, or Joseph Lillie, 60, a grazier, was fined £310 at the Central Court to-day, on charges of having as saulted the police, malicious damage,…
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All effort was made to enter the premises of Gerard and Coy, Ltd., at Grafton, overnight, on Friday. Eary on Saturday morning it was discovered that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prisoner Frustrated. Attempt to Escape From Gaol. Hobart
Jack Martin, 24. who is serving a sentence of two years, made an attempt to escape from a cell by removing a bar from a window. He was surprised by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Trek Nearly 700 Miles. Cairns
Flooded rivers, creeks and swamps, and plenty of hardships, faced for weeks, did not prevent two policemen from capturing an aborigine, named Peter, who has bee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Methods Street Betting Case Appellant's Allegations Judge's Comment. Sydney
Extraordinary allegations against the police were made by an appellant before Judge Curlewis, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Riot Egyptian Train Held Up a Police Fire on Mob. London
News comes from Cairo that serious rioting at Dekerness, Upper Egypt, followed the holding up of a train conveying notable people to Mansura to attend a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Information Dismissed Warragai Farmer Charged Patching for Tubes
Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning Clifton Stanley Wormald, 32, was charged with having in his possession at…
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Alfred Richmond Roberts, 19, of Curl Curl, was admitted to Manly Hospital early this morning, suffering from gashes in the head and arms, said to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Case Well-known Solicitors Charged. Melbourne
The trial of Walter Toobey and Horace Wimpole which commenced at the Criminal Court to-day is expected to last some days. Toohey and Wimpole, who are the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melb. Murder Detectives' Theory. Melbourne
Detectives inquiring into the murder of Matthias Handley, 58, an invalid pensioner, at Carlton on April 7, believe the crime is closely associated with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Magistrate Welcomes Mr. A. S. Henry. M.l.a
At the conclusion of the ordinary business of the Grafton Police Court yesterday afternoon. Mr. C. G. Garr-Bovd. P.M, extended a welcome, to Mr. A. S. Henry,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Trek. Nearly 700 Miles. Native Captured
Flooded rivers, creeks and swamps, and plenty of hardships, faced for weeks, did not prevent two policemen from capturing an aborigine named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft. Youth Bound Over P.m. Finds Charge Proved
At the Grafton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr. C. G. CarrBoyd, P.M., Joseph Edward Swan was charged with having stolen at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nature Study in Court
A novel defence was made at Parkes by a solicitor when defending two men charged with having sold milk of an inferior quality. He said that, as pests had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Food Coupons £250 Worth Stolen Five Men Charged Serious Allegations. Sydney
Allegations of a serious nature were made against James Robinson, 35, William Robinson, 37, John Robinson, 32, Norman Aitken, 34, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →St. Kilda Murder Two Men Arrested in Hut. Melbourne
Raiding a hut at Mt. Martha early today detectives detained two men in connection with the murder of Richard Campbell, 34, who was shot, outside St. Kilda…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Axe Used Cessnock Woman's Death Murder Trial Death Sentence Passed. Maitland
At the Maitland Circuit Court today William Eade, 56, miner, of Cessnock, was charged with having murdered Emily Hughes, at Nulkada, on…
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